Ever had high expectations of pistol

I handled a P30L many times over the last 4 years and always knew I wanted one. Eventually this spring I came across a used one that was an awesome deal. After the first few mags I was so disappointed. I am used to Glocks and 1911's and my thumb constantly hit the slide release resulting in 10 bangs and then a click, new mag, rack slide 10 bangs and then a click. I should know better as I have advised so many people about this exact issue with the P30 series. I have eventually adapted my grip to solve the problem just because I shoot it so accurately and I am determined to make it work for me. I may work on filing down the slide release some day.
 
I have been having wet dreams for the past 6 months waiting for a pre-ordered HK45. If it shoots half as good as my expectations, I will still be happy. But man it would suck to be disappointed with it. Interesting topic. I could always sell or trade it I guess if I hate it.
 
Different pistols shoot differently. There are all kinds of reasons for this -- grip angle, ergonomics for the grip, placement of controls, felt recoil, etc. In addition, different manufacturers set the POA/POI differently. For example, with some vendors, the sight picture for the factory sights are a "sunset hold", for other vendors the sight picture is a "combat hold" (i.e. the front dot covers the POI). If you want to shoot more than one brand of gun, it will take sometime to adjust to the differences. I think of it as being fluent in different languages. Just because someone can speak English doesn't mean they won't be able to speak French well.

I guess for me the bottom line is -- when I get a new gun, I try to give it several trips to the range and lots of dry fire practice before calling it a "non-fit".
 
Clobbersauras said:
I sold my HK P2000 because I was disappointed with the way it shot.

Then I bought a Glock.

And after thousands of rounds and constant dry fire through the Glock, I'm confident it was not HK that let me down, it was my ####ty fundamentals.

I wish I had that P2000 back, maybe with a LEM trigger though... I bet I could rock that little bastard now.
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Well you can always buy another one on the EE, give it a go around again.

Cheers!!
 
I thought the M&P9 would be better.

with the amount of praise that gun gets... seriously... youtube is not your friend.

The PPQ that I got instead is a sweet heart. :)
 
I love my 226. Its the platinum elite model with the short nickle trigger. I am a little dissapointed with the single action side of the gun. I mean it breaks really nice but the heavy pull of the smooth double action is WAY better in my opinion. I have been looking lately for a DAK trigger for it.
 
Clobbersauras said:
I sold my HK P2000 because I was disappointed with the way it shot.

Then I bought a Glock.

And after thousands of rounds and constant dry fire through the Glock, I'm confident it was not HK that let me down, it was my ####ty fundamentals.

I wish I had that P2000 back, maybe with a LEM trigger though... I bet I could rock that little bastard now.
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Until you wore out some parts - which would be fairly quickly given the volume you shoot, then you'd have a cool paperweight, that needed parts, that weren't available, so you'd be shooting your Glock - again.
 
Clobbersauras said:
I sold my HK P2000 because I was disappointed with the way it shot.

Then I bought a Glock.

And after thousands of rounds and constant dry fire through the Glock, I'm confident it was not HK that let me down, it was my ####ty fundamentals.

I wish I had that P2000 back, maybe with a LEM trigger though... I bet I could rock that little bastard now.
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Funny...my wife is going through the same with her P2000. She shoots all her other handguns well...just the P2000 gives her grief. We adjusted the sights but still no go. So I just changed out the standard sights to Trijicon night sights (as std. has a tall front sight) and I'm hoping that'll straighten her out (even I don't shoot it that well). However, she's gravitating to my USP CT in .45 as she shoots that thing pretty well (and it's almost the same size as the P2000).
 
I find HK likes to redesign the wheel instead of improving it, I am sure their R&D budget is the reason for their high prices.
 
Always wanted a Walther PPK. Found a minty PPK-S and had it rebarreled to get around the stupid short barreled handgun laws. Shot it a bunch and it worked fine and grouped well for such a small pistol but the slide cut my hand to ribbons everytime I shot it, which got old after a while. Sold it and have never looked back. Life is too short and there is too little money available to suffer with a gun you don't get along with.
 
plinker 777 said:
A fair bit of HK hate/disappointment. I'm surprised, I thought the HK was the "cats meow" of auto hand guns? I know they're priced like it!?
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You can't own a HK without making some sort of compromise.

HK45 ? weird groove in trigger guard
USP ? have to get rail adapter
P2000 ? parts are hard to come buy
etc etc
 
IMO alot of this could come down to your choice of ammo. I only have one pistol and its my first one so far so my experience is limited, however from what i've tried it seems bullet weight really makes a difference. I bought 115gr at first as that seemed to be the most common if i wanted to buy in bulk when i started, however it turns out my CZ P-07 does not like 115gr. It snaps really hard making it hard to shoot. 124gr bullets on the other hand give it a smoother recoil and my groups instantly shrank by a couple inches at 15m.

next i plan on trying 147gr but from now on my bulk buying will be in 124 as i've been told thats what my gun was designed for.
 
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